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  STORIES OF ADVENTURE IN THE

  YOUNG UNITED STATES

  _By ALFRED BISHOP MASON_

  TOM STRONG, WASHINGTON'S SCOUT

  _Illustrated, $1.30 net_

  TOM STRONG, BOY-CAPTAIN

  _Illustrated, $1.30 net_

  TOM STRONG, JUNIOR

  _Illustrated, $1.30 net_

  TOM STRONG, THIRD

  _Illustrated, $1.30 net_

  HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

  Publishers New York

  ST. GAUDENS' STATUE OF LINCOLN]

  TOM STRONG, LINCOLN'S SCOUT

  _A STORY OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE TIMES THAT TRIED MEN'S SOULS_

  By

  ALFRED BISHOP MASON

  Author of "Tom Strong, Washington's Scout," "Tom Strong, Boy-Captain," Tom Strong, Junior," and "Tom Strong, Third"

  ILLUSTRATED

 

  NEW YORK HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY 1919

  COPYRIGHT, 1919 BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

  The Quinn & Boden Company BOOK MANUFACTURERS RAHWAY NEW JERSEY

  DEDICATED BY PERMISSION

  TO

  THEODORE ROOSEVELT

  INSPIRER OF PATRIOTISM, A GREAT AMERICAN

  OYSTER BAY LONG ISLAND, N.Y.

  August 31st, 1917.

  Dear Mr. Mason:

  All right, I shall break my rule and have you dedicate that book to me. Thank you!

  Faithfully yours,

  Theodore Roosevelt signature]

  Mr. Alfred B. Mason, University Club, New York City.

  FOREWORD

  Many of the persons and personages who appearupon the pages of this book have alreadylived, some in history and some in the pages of"Tom Strong, Washington's Scout," "TomStrong, Boy-Captain," "Tom Strong, Junior,"or "Tom Strong, Third." Those who wish toknow the full story of the four Tom Strongs,great-grandfather, grandfather, father and son,should read those books, too.

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER I PAGE

  TOM RIDES IN WESTERN MARYLAND--HALTED BY ARMED MEN--JOHN BROWN--THE ATTACK UPON HARPER'S FERRY--THE FIGHT--JOHN BROWN'S SOUL GOES MARCHING ON 3

  CHAPTER II

  OUR WAR WITH MEXICO--KIT CARSON AND HIS LAWYER, ABE LINCOLN--TOM GOES TO LINCOLN'S INAUGURATION--S. F. B. MORSE, INVENTOR OF THE TELEGRAPH--TOM BACK IN WASHINGTON 22

  CHAPTER III

  CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS--MR. STRONG GOES TO RUSSIA--TOM GOES TO LIVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE--BULL RUN--"STONEWALL" JACKSON--GEO. B. MCCLELLAN--TOM STRONG, SECOND-LIEUTENANT, U. S. A.--THE BATTLE OF THE "MERRIMAC" AND THE "MONITOR" 40

  CHAPTER IV

  TOM GOES WEST--WILKES BOOTH HUNTS HIM--DR. HANS ROLF SAVES HIM--HE DELIVERS DESPATCHES TO GENERAL GRANT 71

  CHAPTER V

  INSIDE THE CONFEDERATE LINES--"SAIREY" WARNS TOM--OLD MAN TOMBLIN'S "SETTLEMINT"--STEALING A LOCOMOTIVE--WILKES BOOTH GIVES THE ALARM--A WILD DASH FOR THE UNION LINES 90

  CHAPTER VI

  TOM UP A TREE--DID THE CONFEDERATE OFFICER SEE HIM?--THE FUGITIVE SLAVE GUIDES HIM--BUYING A BOAT IN THE DARK--ADRIFT IN THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY 117

  CHAPTER VII

  TOWSER FINDS THE FUGITIVES--TOWSER BRINGS UNCLE MOSES--MR. IZZARD AND HIS YANKEE OVERSEER, JAKE JOHNSON--TOM IS PULLED DOWN THE CHIMNEY--HOW UNCLE MOSES CHOKED THE OVERSEER--THE FLIGHT OF THE FOUR 129

  CHAPTER VIII

  LINCOLN SAVES JIM JENKINS'S LIFE--NEWSPAPER ABUSE OF LINCOLN--THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION--LINCOLN IN HIS NIGHT-SHIRT--JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL--"BARBARA FRIETCHIE"--MR. STRONG COMES HOME--THE RUSSIAN FLEET COMES TO NEW YORK--A BACKWOODS JUPITER 160

  CHAPTER IX

  TOM GOES TO VICKSBURG--MORGAN'S RAID--GEN. BASIL W. DUKE CAPTURES TOM--GETTYSBURG--GEN. ROBERT E. LEE GIVES TOM HIS BREAKFAST--IN LIBBY PRISON--LINCOLN'S SPEECH AT GETTYSBURG 182

  CHAPTER X

  TOM IS HUNGRY--HE LEARNS TO "SPOON" BY SQUADS--THE BULLET AT THE WINDOW--WORKING ON THE TUNNEL--"RAT HELL"--THE RISK OF THE ROLL-CALL--WHAT HAPPENED TO JAKE JOHNSON, CONFEDERATE SPY--TOM IN LIBBY PRISON--HANS ROLF ATTENDS HIM--HANS REFUSES TO ESCAPE--THE FLIGHT THROUGH THE TUNNEL--FREE, BUT HOW TO STAY SO? 213

  CHAPTER XI

  TOM HIDES IN A RIVER BANK--EATS RAW FISH--JIM GRAYSON AIDS HIM--DOWN THE JAMES RIVER ON A TREE--PASSING THE PATROL BOATS--CANNONADED--THE END OF THE VOYAGE 249

  CHAPTER XII

  TOWSER WELCOMES TOM TO THE WHITE HOUSE--LINCOLN RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT--GRANT COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF--SHERMAN MARCHES FROM ATLANTA TO THE SEA--TOM ON GRANT'S STAFF--FIVE FORKS--FALL OF RICHMOND--HANS ROLF FREED--BOB SAVES TOM FROM CAPTURE--TOM TAKES A BATTERY INTO ACTION--LEE SURRENDERS--TOM STRONG, BREVET-CAPTAIN, U. S. A. 265

  CHAPTER XIII

  THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN 307

  CHAPTER XIV

  TOM HUNTS WILKES BOOTH--THE END OF THE MURDERER--ANDREW JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES--TOM AND TOWSER GO HOME 315